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- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -12/+321It was me. Sorry - didn't mean to cause so much trouble, but they were in the way.
- insomn3ak, on 10/10/2007, -3/+160Deserts no longer protect us. We've got to stop these terrorist rocks from sneaking up and rolling over our children.
- LemurHorde, on 10/10/2007, -2/+136http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_stones - Physicists studying the phenomenon in 1995 found that winds blowing on playa surfaces can be compressed and intensified. They also found that boundary layers (the region just above ground where winds are slower due to ground drag) on these surfaces can be as low as 2 inches (5 cm). This means that stones just a few inches high feel the full force of ambient winds and their gusts, which can reach 90 mph (145 km/h) in winter storms. Such gusts are thought to be the initiating force while momentum and sustained winds keep the stones moving, possibly as fast as a moderate run (only half the force required to start a stone sailing is needed to keep it in motion).
- pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -6/+81it was the FSM. his noodliness likes to move around rocks and plant dinosaur bones to mess with our heads.
- suxmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -3/+73Supposedly the best theory is that ice forms and high winds drive them across it. Cool either way:
http://www.frontiernet.net/~docbob/boulder.htm - supermanred, on 10/10/2007, -7/+62It's just Superman ***** with our heads. He's a nice guy, but sometimes he can be a real jackass.
- MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -6/+60Damn hooligans and their shenanigans. Shahoolagins. That's what they are.
- Ghoztt, on 10/10/2007, -13/+64One of the worlds most puzzling mysteries: Diggers who can't ***** use google to research explanations before they submit news!
- rasalibre4life, on 10/10/2007, -3/+47ROCK LOBSTER!!!
- fkr3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+39Ice is water???? What's next Mr. Scientist with your fancy degree, going to tell me that steam's water too? :|
- Aetherine, on 10/10/2007, -7/+44Here's an idea.
Cameras.
Next? - gab00n, on 10/10/2007, -2/+38Crabs, obviously.
- h3xZ, on 10/10/2007, -2/+38***** THE RIAA!!!!!
- MusicalGenius, on 10/10/2007, -5/+39I didn't mean to type here.
- brian4572, on 10/10/2007, -3/+35me neither
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -9/+40Here's a Quicktime VR of the phenomena http://virtualguidebooks.com/SouthCalif/DeathValley/RacetrackValley/RacetrackPlaya.html
- nreynolds, on 10/10/2007, -5/+35oh hey guys! what's going on?
- mikesbaker, on 10/10/2007, -3/+30I swear to God I'm going to pistol whip the next guy who says, " Shenanigans."
- ikrit2006, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26Hey Farva, what's that place you like to eat at with all that goofy ***** on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?
- griz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26Next time walk around them. You damn near scared the hell out of everyone.
- fkr3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26So.... nobody knows how the stones move but you happened to be there, apparently multiple times. Very suspicious if you ask me.
- burkay, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23Or simply the park management doesn't want to be filmed when they are moving the stones.
- blaze03, on 10/10/2007, -6/+28Nobody's thought of using cameras to film the rocks moving?
- ursername180, on 10/10/2007, -4/+26I remember on an episode of Spongebob he could drive rocks. Squidward didn't believe him... BUT IT WAS REEEEAAL!
- officecamel, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21The racetack playa is one of my favorites...here are some pix I took: http://gustke.us/galleries/Dest/California/DeathValley20040903/slides/DSCN0889.html http://gustke.us/galleries/Dest/California/DeathValley20040903/slides/DSCN0950.html http://gustke.us/galleries/Dest/California/DeathValley20040903/slides/DSCN0957.html http://gustke.us/galleries/Dest/California/DeathValley20040903/slides/DSCN0961.html
- orangemarmalade, on 10/10/2007, -4/+23Wouldn't high winds erase the path they leave behind?
- MusicalGenius, on 10/10/2007, -5/+24And you keep feeling the need to move them? Wow, I mean that is really a lot of dedication.
- Cyber_Akuma, on 10/10/2007, -3/+22Transformers
- pinkSocks, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18I came across this online and thought it was pretty interesting:
" When I was there last, I spent a week going to Death Valley and the Racetrack twice a day, noting all the conditions. There were 4 rocks I kept my eye on and they scuttled all over this vast Playa on one day especially. "Wind" didn't explain it. Furthermore, it was as dry as a bone out there the entire time, even in the wee hours.
I talked to one of the Park Rangers who said he thinks it has something to do with magnetics underground. Sure, some of it might be that the mud did get slippery when it was damp but that didn't explain how two rocks right next to each other could go in two opposite directions or one could stay put while one three times the size, didn't.
He stated that he's seen the rocks moving long distances when it's perfectly dry out and there is NO wind; sometimes rocks will lay in place for weeks and then the day a few will have moved well away from the rest. Well, let me amend that - he didn't "see" them move. In fact no one has ever seen a rock move. All of a sudden, it just is. The "conditions" that are said to be needed for it to happen just weren't there. Since it's a desert it rarely rains except during monsoon season, and at times it does get very foggy in the morning, yet the rocks do this all year long."
http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/OddPics/Playa.html - Toshibi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17Shenanigans?
- ikrit2006, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16So... what your saying is that I should hold my next bikini mud wrestling match on a windy day?
- MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17Wait, maybe they were rock lobsters...
- clintstarkiller, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15Here's a link to a video about it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1hoiHvOeGc - TheTankengine, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15Did you miss the part about boundary layers?
- anonym41414, on 10/10/2007, -5/+19The phenomenon takes years to occur. So it's no so much that nobody's thought of using a camera. It's that nobody has an extension cord that long.
- Zoltair, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Awww man... All the good comments are taken....:(
- goffy59, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11I bet aliens are looking down at us moving these rocks and laughing. Hey look at those morons. You know when you point a flash light at wall and the cat chases it?
- SenorCardgage74, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Wait....steam is what now?
- Cykaos, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12did google exist when you were in 7th grade? That would have been one easy A
- mimicisgod, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Perhaps the stones are stationary and the Earth is moving :o
- flashback99, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11it's obviously the homeopathic vitalisation energy within the rocks communicating via reiki to the transguru hive mind christian god complex that created the earth in the first place.
Honestly though, how come none of you diggers knew? - wisie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7A beautiful capture of this strange occurrence http://dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=416191
- ahawks, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9arg, it posted my comment twice, ignore this one.
- estvir, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8It's ok, we forgive you, just curse Netscape 100 times and all shall be forgotten.
- Hayaemsay, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Rock gremlin fitness society?
- UncleHenry, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I was going to Digg that comment, but as it is at 42 (the perfect number), I will leave it be.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6They seriously can't even tape a little satellite/GPS tracking device on the rocks? If we can strap GPS / camera backpacks to endangered leatherback turtles, surely we can strap them to a rock in the desert; it's gotta cause a helluvalot less "impact" than people walking all over the playa taking pictures and trying to figure it out.
- egbok, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Land Shark! (Ma'am)
- knobtwiddler, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6ice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1hoiHvOeGc - therightclique, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Steam is a content delivery service developed by Valve.
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